SINGAPORE: She represented Singapore on the football pitch in Jalan Besar Stadium a few months ago. Come December, Tyan Foong will don the country's red and white again - but this time, on the water in the Thai central province of Pathum Thani.

The 16-year-old, who captained the national under-16 girls to a second-place finish at the Lion City Cup youth tournament in July, is now part of a six-member cable wakeboarding team competing at the biennial multi-sport SEA Games.

This year's edition sees the return of wakesports to the line-up for the regional event, after a six-year absence. Before that, wakesports was a steady source of medals for Singapore at the Games, with 20 medals amassed from the 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019 editions.

Foong hopes to add to that collection in what will be h

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